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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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to be matched with subsequent gifts from other donors. T h e W. W. Grainger Foundation announced a gift of $1.1 million to endow a professorship in electrical engineering and related activities at the campaign's kickoff luncheon. More recently, agreement has been reached with Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Walgreen, Jr., for eventual transfer of Hazlewood Farm near Dixon, Illinois, to the University. T h e estate consists of about 120 acres, and will be known as the "Walgreen Education and Conference Center of the University of Illinois." An endowment has been provided to assist with operational costs. T h e Center will be used for conferences and other educational, research, and cultural activities. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS Renaming of the Student Services Building at Urbana Mr. Stone indicated his intent to renew a motion of April 20, 1979, at which time the president had presented a recommendation that the Student Services Building at U r b a n a be renamed the "Fred H. T u r n e r Student Services Building" in honor of the former dean of students who retired in 1968. At that time the recommendation received a tie vote and therefore was not approved. 1 Mr. Stone expressed the view that Dean T u r n e r was ahead of his peers in his compassion for students and minorities, if limited by the standards of his time in what he could do. H e further stated that a m a n now dead deserved better from the Board of Trustees. H e made clear he expressed his personal views, was aware that not all agreed with him, and emphasized that in renewing the motion he had no intent to criticize or to initiate a lengthy discussion on the subject. H e then moved approval of the recommendation as originally presented. Others commented briefly on the matter and the motion to approve the original recommendation as submitted was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone; no, Mr. Lenz; absent, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Neal, Governor T h o m p son. Mr. Velasquez asked to be recorded as not voting. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Sobotka; no, Mr. Grady. Miss Wyncott asked to be recorded as not voting.) "Campaign for Illinois," University of Illinois Foundation

(2) On October 19, 1979, the University of Illinois Foundation announced the initiation of the "Campaign for Illinois," a nationwide effort to raise $100 million for the University from private contributions over a period of five years. Believing it timely and appropriate for the Board of Trustees now to take formal recognition of the campaign, the president of the Board of Trustees recommends approval of the following resolution: RESOLVED: T h a t the trustees of the University of Illinois wholeheartedly endorse the "Campaign for Illinois" of the University of Illinois Foundation — an undertaking of historic significance for the benefit of the University;

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See minutes of April 20, 1979, p. 246.